Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason. ~Erich Fromm, Psychoanalysis and Religion
A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz. ~Humphrey Bogart
If Painting be Poetry's sister, she can only be a sister Anne, who will see nothing but a flock of sheep, while the other bodies forth a troop of dragoons with drawn sabres and white-plumed helmets. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
The only jobs for which no man is qualified are human incubators and wet nurse. Likewise, the only job for which no woman is or can be qualified is sperm donor. ~Wilma Scott Heide
There is indeed, perhaps, no better way to hold communion with the sea than sitting in the sun on the veranda of a fishermen's cafe. ~Joseph W. Beach
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. ~Samuel Johnson
Your Business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids. This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting. ~Scott Adams
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ~Leonard Cohen
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. ~Doug Larson
Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup. ~Bennett Cerf
A gold watch is the most appropriate gift for retirement, as its recipients have given up so many of their golden hours in a lifetime of service. ~Harry Mahtar
But I was not, to use the theological phrase, receptive. The great obstacle to the influx of grace was my own perfect happiness, and it is well known that God takes no thought for the happy, any more than He does for birds and puppies, perhaps realizing they have no need of Him and mercifully letting them alone. ~John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, 1970
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. ~Honore de Balzac
It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive. ~C.W. Leadbeater
Character is higher than intellect. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her. ~Marcelene Cox
It's about ten times the size of the Bible - and unlike the Bible, contains no good news. ~Don Nickles, about the Internal Revenue Code
Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams. ~Douglas Jerrold
An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. ~Walter Bagehot
They know, they just know where to grow, how to dupe you, and how to camouflage themselves among the perfectly respectable plants, they just know, and therefore, I've concluded weeds must have brains. ~Dianne Benson, Dirt, 1994
Sex.... It's just like cuddling - only damper. ~Coupling, "Unconditional Sex," original airdate 7 October 2002, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Jeff
You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. ~Martha Graham
The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable. ~Mark V. Olsen and Will Sheffer, Big Love, "Easter"